I have a small collection of antique and vintage collars this is about half of them. I will probably never wear any of them some I plan to make replicas of so I can use those and not damage the originals. The ones in this collection in time I hope to get framed archivally and hang on them on the wall. This collection covers a great many years from the late 1800's to around 1950. Some are hand made lace and some have machine lace some are eyelet. I like them all they have such a variety of styles included in these from under-clothing yokes to collars to dress up a suit or sweater. I have another box of these but it is stored already. In that other box are some dickies too. Oh and the dark burgundy dress form you see I got at the quilt guild yard sale yesterday it fits my size just right. I will post more about quilt guild later. All that is missing is the chalk hem attachment and that is easily fixed. The best part was it was only $20.00. I know it isn't the best dress form but it is my size where as the other two that I own aren't and they are just used for display purposes for my blog. This new one is functional for making me things to wear so that rocks.
Those are gorgeous. Where did you find them all?
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful - they would be so neat framed. This is more than a small collection!!
ReplyDeleteThese are actually family pieces that is why I will not wear them. They have been in the family for 4 and 5 generations if you count my kids as one of the generations. The other box is the same.
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ReplyDeleteIt said: Although I love all the things you have on your blog, I enjoyed these 'collars' so much. They are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them. ^__^
What an amazing collection! How lucky you are to have such family treasures. Thanks for posting the photos. It must have taken a while to photograph all of them.
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